Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
BLUNOCHS, BLUNACHS, BLINOCHS, n.pl. [′blʌnəxs, blɪnəxs, ′blɪ̢nəxs]
†1. “A beggar's clothes” (Abd. 1914 T.S.D.C. I. s.v. blunochs).
2. (See quot.)Bch. 1914 (per Abd.14):
Blinochs. Clothes put on when one has some rough or dirty work to do. “Orra duds.”
3. Clothing in general.Abd.7 1925:
This gentleman spoke in the Doric, and it is said of him that on one occasion he gave an address on the vexed question of the relationship of the sexes in rural districts. He said “The lasses rin awa wi' the laddies' bonnets, and hide them amo' their blunachs, an' faur can the laddies leuk for their bonnets bit faur they are.”
